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LAND MARKER. No. 294.138, Patented Feb. 26-, 1884.

broad board, as shown, or of two or more, as

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. MADDOX, OF WHEELING, AND CHARLES E. ADAMSON, OF

MUNOIE, INDIANA.

LAND-MARKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,138, dated February 26, 1884-.

Application filed September 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 1

Be it known that we, JOHN W. MADDOX and CHARLES E. AbAMSON, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Wheeling and Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Land-Marker, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in land-markers; and the object of our improvement is to construct a cheap and durablelandmarker with a j ointed frame, having the joint at one side of the center runner, so that one of the runners will raise or lower, as is necessary in marking uneven and hilly land, and to also arrange the frame so that any weight placed upon the seat-board in the center of the frame is equally divided on all of the runners. We attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of ourmarker. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same. Fig. 3 is a modification of the runner. Fig. 4 is a rear longitudinal view. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the runner.

The frame a and b may be made of one desired. Two of therunners, e e, are attached to the under side of the board a, and across one end of the board a the tongue h and onehalf of the hinged are attached,as shown. At or near the center of the top side of the board a the rest m is attached, as shown, near which is a mortise, 1, used in folding the frame. The board b is hinged at one end of the board a, as shown, for the purpose of having the runner (attached thereto) to raise and lower in marking uneven land. The hinge (I may be made as shownin Figs. 1and4, or in many other ways. A joint in the boards (withouta hinge) will also do. To the outer end of the board b is attached a rest, m, similar to the one on the board a,- and on these rests the seat-board c is placed, and held in place by a mortise and tenon at each end, as shown. One end of the seat-board c rests on m and the other on m, as shown. The rest m is placed centrally between the two runners on weight is placed on the board 0 it is equally divided on all of the runners. The seat-board 0 being abovetheboards a and b and the hinge d, it allows the runner e to Work up and down, as shown at Fig. 4. The board 0 can be removed andthe runner 6 turned entirely over, as shown in Fig. 4. The runners e e e are made adjustable by the rear part being thin enough to be spread apart or together by the bolt or set-screw '6, as shown. The runners are attached to the frame at the inward and outward turned ends 6 e. The tongue is attached by bolts and braced by the hook G and brace G, as shown.

We are aware that it is not new, broadly, to provide a land-marker with a hinged section carrying a marking-shoe. WVe are also aware that the idea of expanding and contracting the blades of a marking-shoe is not new; but our improvement is confined to our novel combination of parts, whereby the weight of the driver is equally distributed and the adjustment of the hinged section facilitated. In view of the foregoing we do not broadly claim as new in a land-marker a but WVhat we claim is r 1. In a land-marker, the combination, with the section a, provided with a central rest or support, m, marking-shoes e e, and a mortise, 1, and a section, b, hinged to the section a, and

hinged section provided with a marking-shoe;

having a support, m, and marking-shoe e, of

a seat-board, 0, one end of which rests upon the support m, while the opposite end is supported by the rest 'm, which latter, when the seat is removed, is designed to enter the mortise 1, substantially as set forth.

2. In a land-marker, the combination, with hinged sections, one of which is provided with a central support, while the other is provided with an end support, of a seat-board adapted to be removably held by said supports,wherebythe weightof the driver willbe distributed equally upon the shoes, substantially as set forth.

- JOHN W. MADDOX.

, CHARLES E. ADAMSON. Witnesses:

G. G. ADAMSON, GEO. H. Koons. 

